Battle of Mosul

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‘Alarming’ Number of Threats Over Suspected IS-Links In Iraq’s…

The UN voiced alarm Friday at rising threats against civilians in Mosul suspected of ties to the Islamic State group as...

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Mosul Victory In ‘days’ As Pressure On IS Mounts

Iraq will declare victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul during the "next few days," a senior commander said...

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Mosul Victory Announcement In ‘next Few Days’

Iraq will declare victory in the eight-month battle to retake second city Mosul from jihadists in the "next few days,"...

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Iraq Sees End To ‘caliphate’ As Mosul Mosque Recaptured

Iraq declared the Islamic State group's "caliphate" was coming to an end after it recaptured Mosul's iconic Nuri mosque...

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Iraq Military Says It Has Retaken Iconic Mosul Mosque

The Iraqi military announced on Thursday that special forces had recaptured the iconic Mosul mosque where jihadist...

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Iraqi Rescuers In Perilous Search For Mosul Missing

With snipers lurking on rooftops and bombs hidden in the rubble, rescue workers are risking their lives in a desperate...

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Iraq Forces Comb West Mosul After IS Counter-Attacks

Iraqi forces launched a house-to-house search operation Monday in parts of west Mosul after a surprise attack by...

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Iraq Forces Combing West Mosul After Surprise IS Attack

Iraqi forces on Monday were searching neighbourhoods of west Mosul they retook weeks ago after a surprise jihadist...

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Iraq Forces Repel IS Counter-Attack

Fighters of so-called Islamic State (IS) have launched counter-attacks as they come under growing pressure from Iraqi...

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The Stench of Death Rises Over Mosul’s Old City

Devastated buildings, piles of rubble and putrid corpses of jihadists: apocalyptic scenes unfold in the Old City of...

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Iraq Forces Push Deep Into Devastated Old Mosul

Iraqi forces battled deep into the devastated historical heart of Mosul and closed in fast on the last pockets of...

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Journalist With French TV Dies of Wounds From Mosul Blast

Journalist Veronique Robert, wounded in the same landmine blast that killed two colleagues in the Iraqi city of Mosul...

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Bomber Sows Death Among Civilians Fleeing Mosul

A suicide bomber blew himself up Friday among civilians fleeing the Old City of Mosul, where increasingly desperate...

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IS Destroys Iconic Mosul Minaret As Iraqi Forces Advance

Mosul's trademark leaning minaret was missing from its skyline for the first time in centuries Thursday after desperate...

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Deep In Mosul, US Forces Support Iraq’s Fight

In a once-plush house in west Mosul, a handful of US soldiers watch on as an Iraqi commander barks orders over the...

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IS Blows Up Mosul Mosque Where Baghdadi Announced ‘caliphate’

Jihadists on Wednesday blew up Mosul's iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque where their leader Abu Bakr...

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A Deadly City In A Dangerous Country

The death of two journalists in Mosul has highlighted once more the particular dangers of covering the battle to...

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Iran’s Khamenei Hails Iraq’s ‘success’ Against Jihadists

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday praised the "success" of Iraqi forces in the battle against the...

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Iraqi Forces Advance In Mosul Old City, Rescue Civilians

Iraqi forces said Tuesday they were fighting fierce battles with the Islamic State group and rescuing escaping...